Scanner recommendations

As Paperless operates by watching a folder for new files, doesn’t care what scanner you use, but sometimes finding a scanner that will write to an FTP, NFS, or SMB server can be difficult. This page is here to help you find one that works right for you based on recommendations from other Paperless users.

Physical scanners

Brand	Model	Supports					Recommended By
		FTP	NFS	SMB	SMTP	API 1
Brother	ADS-1700W	yes	no	yes	yes		holzhannes
Brother	ADS-1600W	yes	no	yes	yes		holzhannes
Brother	ADS-1500W	yes	no	yes	yes		danielquinn
Brother	ADS-1100W	yes	no	no	no		ytzelf
Brother	MFC-J6930DW	yes					ayounggun
Brother	MFC-L5850DW	yes			yes		holzhannes
Brother	MFC-J5910DW	yes					bmsleight
Brother	MFC-9142CDN	yes		yes			REOLDEV
Fujitsu	ix500	yes		yes			eonist
Epson	WF-7710DWF	yes		yes			Skylinar
Fujitsu	S1300i	yes		yes			jonaswinkler
Doxie	Q2	no	no	no	no	yes	Unkn0wnCat

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Scanners with API Integration allow to push scanned documents directly to Paperless API, sometimes referred to as Webhook or Document POST.

Mobile phone software

You can use your phone to “scan” documents. The regular camera app will work, but may have too low contrast for OCR to work well. Apps specifically for scanning are recommended.

Name	OS	Supports					Recommended By
		FTP	NFS	SMB	Email	WebDav
Office Lens	Android	?	?	?	?	?	jonaswinkler
Genius Scan	Android	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	hannahswain
OpenScan	Android	no	no	no	no	no	benjaminfrank
Quick Scan	iOS	no	no	no	no	no	holzhannes

On Android, you can use these applications in combination with one of the Paperless-ng compatible apps to “Share” the documents produced by these scanner apps with paperless. On iOS, you can share the scanned documents via iOS-Sharing to other mail, WebDav or FTP apps.